Saginaw-area church notes for April 12-18

The Saturday, April 13, pipe organ crawl includes a 2 p.m. performance on the Casavant organ at First Presbyterian Church, 121 S. Harrison, Saginaw. MLive file

The following church-related events take place in the Great Lakes Bay Region.

SATURDAY• The Saginaw Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists hosts a free "organ crawl" of music and sacred architecture April 13. Demonstrations are 1 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 808 Weiss, Carrollton Township; 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 121 S. Harrison, Saginaw; and 3 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church, 123 N. Michigan, Saginaw. For more information, contact Tom Wegener at 989-631-5877 or Nicholas Schmelter at 989-754-6565.

In advance:

• St. John Lutheran Church, 915 Federal, Saginaw, celebrates its 160th anniversary with a 9:30 a.m. worship service April 21 with guest speaker synod Bishop John Schleicher, followed by a potluck at 11 a.m. The congregation is recognizing members who have been with the church for 50 years or more.

• Bethel AME Church, 535 Cathay, Saginaw, celebrates its annual Women's Day at 10:30 a.m., April 21. Theme is "Women of Bethel United and Standing on the Promises of God." Speaker is the Rev. Dr. Alice Patterson, pastor of Trinity AME Church in Detroit. The community is invited to hear a dynamic message and share in this joyous and spiritually uplifting service.